Meanwhile, Gaikwad had a heated argument with cops over ‘non-functioning’ of ATMs at Latur in Marathwada region on Tuesday, police said.

Gaikwad, who famously bragged about his criminal act, has apologised to the parliament but not to the elderly Air India staff, who he had hit with his slippers ’25 times.’

Despite his act being a criminal offence, the Delhi Police, which reports to the Centre’s Narendra Modi government, has shown utter reluctance in initiating any action against him. Gaikwad’s party, Shiv Sena is an alliance partner of Modi’s party, the BJP.

You can imagine the mental agony of the victim Air India staffer, who was at the receiving end of Gaikwad’s brutality, at the prospects of attending to this goon whenever he travells with India’s national carrier again.